Three arrested for smuggling contraband into Marion County Jail

Published: Wednesday, July 31, 2013 at 9:41 p.m.

Last Modified: Wednesday, July 31, 2013 at 9:41 p.m.

OCALA – A man and woman were arrested Wednesday for trying to smuggle contraband into the Marion County Jail which houses the woman’s husband, according to officials.

Members of the Marion County Sheriff’s Office Tactical Investigations Unit were notified last week that an inmate was possibly smuggling contraband into the jail through the University of Florida Inmate Work Farm in Orange Lake.

Further information obtained by the detectives revealed that the inmate’s name is Danny Lee Fletcher, 32, in jail for violation of probation for a warrant on dealing in stolen property. Officials identified his wife as 58-year-old Cynthia Leah Fletcher. The other man, Marcus Brody Hilton, 34, an employee at the work farm, was being paid by illegal narcotics from Cynthia Leah Fletcher to deliver the items to her husband, authorities said.

On Wednesday, detectives saw Hilton receive three bags from Cynthia Fletcher. Hilton was stopped by detectives and they said he admitted to smuggling the contraband onto the inmate farm. The detectives recovered the contraband, which were 13 cans of snuff type tobacco, four 16-ounce Mountain Dew sodas, a pair of Nike shoes, a can of Folgers coffee and seven bags of various candies. Found inside a cigarette pack was an unknown type of green pill and a half pill that tested positive for oxycodone. They also found a cut straw that officials said is commonly used to ingest crushed up pills.

Hilton told them Cynthia Fletcher had given him six pills in exchange for him to bring the items to her husband.

Other detectives stopped Cynthia Fletcher and they said she confessed to delivering items for Danny Fletcher.

Detectives then interviewed Danny Fletcher and he told them it was the second meeting his wife had had with Hilton to bring him stuff on the farm.

Danny Fletcher and Cynthia Fletcher were charged with conspiracy to introduce contraband into a correctional facility. Hilton was charged with conspiracy to introduce contraband into a correctional facility, possession of schedule II narcotics and possession of drug paraphernalia.

<p>OCALA – A man and woman were arrested Wednesday for trying to smuggle contraband into the Marion County Jail which houses the woman's husband, according to officials.</p><p>Members of the Marion County Sheriff's Office Tactical Investigations Unit were notified last week that an inmate was possibly smuggling contraband into the jail through the University of Florida Inmate Work Farm in Orange Lake.</p><p>Further information obtained by the detectives revealed that the inmate's name is Danny Lee Fletcher, 32, in jail for violation of probation for a warrant on dealing in stolen property. Officials identified his wife as 58-year-old Cynthia Leah Fletcher. The other man, Marcus Brody Hilton, 34, an employee at the work farm, was being paid by illegal narcotics from Cynthia Leah Fletcher to deliver the items to her husband, authorities said.</p><p>On Wednesday, detectives saw Hilton receive three bags from Cynthia Fletcher. Hilton was stopped by detectives and they said he admitted to smuggling the contraband onto the inmate farm. The detectives recovered the contraband, which were 13 cans of snuff type tobacco, four 16-ounce Mountain Dew sodas, a pair of Nike shoes, a can of Folgers coffee and seven bags of various candies. Found inside a cigarette pack was an unknown type of green pill and a half pill that tested positive for oxycodone. They also found a cut straw that officials said is commonly used to ingest crushed up pills.</p><p>Hilton told them Cynthia Fletcher had given him six pills in exchange for him to bring the items to her husband.</p><p>Other detectives stopped Cynthia Fletcher and they said she confessed to delivering items for Danny Fletcher.</p><p>Detectives then interviewed Danny Fletcher and he told them it was the second meeting his wife had had with Hilton to bring him stuff on the farm.</p><p>Danny Fletcher and Cynthia Fletcher were charged with conspiracy to introduce contraband into a correctional facility. Hilton was charged with conspiracy to introduce contraband into a correctional facility, possession of schedule II narcotics and possession of drug paraphernalia.</p>